Amatshe e-Moeraki


Bathi balethwa ogwini ngonkulunkulu - yile ndlela abantu baseNew Zealand abachazela ngayo abavakashi abanomdla, lapho kuvela khona amatshe amakhulu angamaMoraki. Ngempela, akukho lutho oluphilayo olungabahambisa. Ngempela zidalwe ngumama kamama?

Umlando wesenzakalo

Ososayensi bakholelwa ukuthi la matshe avuka ngesikhathi seCenozoic, isikhathi sePaleocene (eminyakeni engama-66-56 million edlule). Iningi lamadwala lwakhiwa ngasolwandle futhi selwandle. Lokhu kufakazela ukucubungulwa kokubunjwa kwebhola: iqukethe isotophi ezinzile zomoya-mpilo, i-magnesium, insimbi, ne-carbon.

Yini ongayibona eNew Zealand, ngakho-ke kusemasodongeni kaMoeraki

Amadwala amakhulu, aphelele kahle atholakala ogwini lwaseKoehoe ogwini, eliphakathi kwezindawo zeHempden neMoeraki. Ebizwa ngalezi zinhlamvu zamatshe ngokuhlonipha idolobha lokudoba laseMoeraki.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ogwini ungathola inombolo enkulu (cishe eyikhulu) yamatshe. Lezi zinhlamvu ezingavamile zitholakala eduze kolwandle, ubude obungamamitha angu-350. Ingxenye isesihlabathini, ingxenye - olwandle, lapho kutholakala khona izinsalela zamatshe amakhulu.

Ububanzi bebheyili ngayinye buhlukile komunye nomunye: kusuka ku-0.5m kuya ku-2.5 m. Ngokungajwayelekile, ubuso bomunye buhamba kahle, kuyilapho ezinye zimbozwa ngamaphethini ezinamafu afana negobolondo le-tortoise lasendulo.

Ngokuqinisekile, lobu buhle buheha futhi buheha manje ososayensi abaningi manje. Isibonelo, ama-rock afundwa ngosizo lwe-electron probe microscopes, kanye ne-X-rays. Kwaboniswa ukuthi iqukethe udaka nobumba, ehlanganiswe yi-calcite, futhi futhi isuka esihlabathini. Ngokuqondene nezinga lokuziqhenya, kungenzeka ukuthi kwezinye izibuthakathaka, futhi kwabanye lifinyelela uphawu lwangaphandle. Ubuso bezinsika kubalwa.

Futhi lo ososayensi wokuqala owayenesithakazelo kulophawu oluphawulekayo lweNew Zealand waba nguVolter Mantell. Kusukela ngo-1848, wawafunda ngokuningiliziwe, exhuma kuyo abacwaningi abengeziwe, ngenxa yokuthi izwe lonke lafunda ngamabhola aseMoikaak. Kuze kube manje, izivakashi ezingaba ngu-100 000 zivakashele lolu lolwandle njalo ngonyaka ukuze zibone amatshe angaqondakali.

Ungafika kanjani?

Sifika endaweni yase-Otago ngokuthutha ngasese noma ngebhasi No. 19, 21, 50 bese sihamba siye e-Koehohe beach.